Check your Ning profile and your team page on the wiki
Respond to any communications you have received through the Ning
If you have a new teammate listed on the wiki, find him/her on the Ning and send a greeting
Get Started with Diigo
Part One - Overview
Watch this video to get an idea of what Diigo can help you do
Part Two - Signing in and downloading the toolbar
Haley and Chris G are your classroom experts on this
Click "Tools" (top right) > "Diigolet" (left) and follow the directions to install the floating Diigo toolbar on your browser
Part Three - Try it!
Using your keywords related to your topic (refer back to the spreadsheet if you need to), search for web resources that will help you begin to answer your research questions
Once you find a website that looks useful, use your Diigo toolbar to bookmark the site
You should save at least 5 websites to your Diigo library today
Today's Bookmarks Must Include:
A description
At least 3 tags
And be shared to the 21c GL group
For Extra Credit . . .
Try highlighting, sticky notes, and comments
Thursday September 30th 2010
What is Tagging?
Why Tag?
Plus, it's part of the Information R/evolution
Two Kinds of Tags: Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy
When you tag something and share it to the Diigo community, you are "recommending" it to others
When you make up your own tags - these are part of the folksonomy
When you share it to the Flat Classroom Project group you need to use the Standard Tags for the Flat Classroom Project - this is a taxonomy
So which kind of tags should we use?
Both!
To make it easy for members of the Flat Classroom Project to find what you're sharing, use the standard tags
To help out the larger, global community, use additional tags that would be helpful to people find the resource your saving
Back to your Diigo Dashboard
Look at the resources you've already saved in your Diigo Library
Edit each item:
Add 2-3 standard tags (fcp10-3, yourtopictag, yoursubgrouptag)
Share to the Flat Classroom Project group
Friday October 1st
Check-in to the Ning and our 10-3B Wiki
Finish editing and posting our video introduction
How does the use of multiple tags help us find what we are looking for? Visit Tag Galaxy and keep adding tags to make smaller and smaller "planets"
What else can tags enable us to do collectively? (See the TED Talk below, starting at minute 3:40)
How can you help add tags to images on the web? - Play the Google Image Labeler game!
Today's Tasks
1. Tour your Diigo dashboard - learn more advanced uses
2. Demo: searching your own library vs. searching the Diigo community library
3. Use highlighting, sticky notes, and comments to collaboratively annotate the article
4. Debrief - vocab review: synchronous vs. asynchronous
3. Search within Diigo for information about your topic - add description (learn shortcut) and tags (BOTH taxonomy & folksonomy)
Monday, Oct. 4: Continuing our Research Process
Check the Ning Check the Wiki-You will have friends!
Review your Topic and Subtopics on the Project 10-3B Wiki
Use all your topic information to narrow your searches Understanding how search engines work and using advanced search techniques
Continue to tag and save to your Diigo
Tuesday, Oct. 5: There's More Than One Way to Spin Your Web
Watch Parisian Love and Cookie Monster Search Stories
Discussion: If the moral of Zane's search story is not to use too many specific search terms, why are we using so many specific search terms in our Google Alerts? What's the difference between searching for the url of a site you already know exists versus creating a search query for a Google Alert to find new items you haven't discovered yet?
Create your own "start page" (such as iGoogle)
You are looking for a button that looks like this
rss_icon.jpg
Or maybe like this (click to expand)
Bookmark and Share
Practice subscribing to the New York Times Technology section - can you find the RSS button, what do you do next?
Task #2 - Create your Personal Learning Network
This will be an iGoogle (or Netvibes or Pageflakes or Google Reader) page with the following RSS feeds:Flat Classroom Project 10-3B WikiFlat Classroom Ning
At least one other RSS feed particular to your research
Any other sources you'd like to subscribe to for your research
Wednesday Oct. 6th 2010
Start Page
Check your iGoogle page for recent activity - connect and communicate
If you see teammates online, you can use the Chat to communicate synchronously!
Make our RSS feeds more specific
FCP Ning
1.
Join the FCP 10-3 Project Group on the Ning
2. Contribute to a discussion anywhere on the Ning, or start a new one 3. Add the following RSS feeds
to your iGoogle page
(use the "Add by URL" option if the Simple RSS Reader gadget isn't working)
ISA Group
FCP 10-3 Group
Blog Posts
Discussion Forum
Specific discussion(s) you are participating in
Thursday Oct. 7th 2010
1. Sign-in to your igoogle page see what edits or updates have been made to your wiki project page
2. See if anyone is available to chat-make everything legit
3. Add to or begin a conversation on your wiki topic discussion page-this should not be slang it should be content driven and oriented. The Ning is for more informal conversations but the wiki discussion page is where the "business" of this project gets done so keep it focused and professional.
Friday Oct. 8th 2010
Research, Read, and Write
Your goal is to add at least 50 words to your team wiki page by the end of class today
Look at what others have already written and see what you can add
You can add to any part of the page, but pay special attention to your assigned focus A-F: Overview, Current News, Education, Government, Arts, or Science
Be sure to keep track of your sources - I will show you how to cite them next week. Of course, you can probably figure it out yourself if you read the directions on the project help page
Remember not to leave the editing window open too long; type your content in wordpad or notepad and then Edit > Paste > Save as quickly as possible
Don't forget to add another note to the discussion tab explaining what you've done and asking for your teammates' feedback or suggesting next steps for the group
Wednesday September 29th
Daily Check-Ins
Check your Ning profile and your team page on the wikiRespond to any communications you have received through the Ning
If you have a new teammate listed on the wiki, find him/her on the Ning and send a greeting
Get Started with Diigo
Part One - Overview
Watch this video to get an idea of what Diigo can help you doPart Two - Signing in and downloading the toolbar
Haley and Chris G are your classroom experts on thisPart Three - Try it!
Using your keywords related to your topic (refer back to the spreadsheet if you need to), search for web resources that will help you begin to answer your research questionsOnce you find a website that looks useful, use your Diigo toolbar to bookmark the site
You should save at least 5 websites to your Diigo library today
Today's Bookmarks Must Include:
For Extra Credit . . .
Try highlighting, sticky notes, and commentsThursday September 30th 2010
What is Tagging?
Why Tag?
Plus, it's part of the Information R/evolution
Two Kinds of Tags: Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy
When you tag something and share it to the Diigo community, you are "recommending" it to othersWhen you make up your own tags - these are part of the folksonomy
When you share it to the Flat Classroom Project group you need to use the Standard Tags for the Flat Classroom Project - this is a taxonomy
So which kind of tags should we use?
Both!To make it easy for members of the Flat Classroom Project to find what you're sharing, use the standard tags
To help out the larger, global community, use additional tags that would be helpful to people find the resource your saving
Back to your Diigo Dashboard
Look at the resources you've already saved in your Diigo LibraryEdit each item:
Friday October 1st
Check-in to the Ning and our 10-3B WikiFinish editing and posting our video introduction
How does the use of multiple tags help us find what we are looking for? Visit Tag Galaxy and keep adding tags to make smaller and smaller "planets"
What else can tags enable us to do collectively? (See the TED Talk below, starting at minute 3:40)
How can you help add tags to images on the web? - Play the Google Image Labeler game!
Today's Tasks
1. Tour your Diigo dashboard - learn more advanced uses2. Demo: searching your own library vs. searching the Diigo community library
3. Use highlighting, sticky notes, and comments to collaboratively annotate the article
4. Debrief - vocab review: synchronous vs. asynchronous
3. Search within Diigo for information about your topic - add description (learn shortcut) and tags (BOTH taxonomy & folksonomy)
Monday, Oct. 4: Continuing our Research Process
Check the Ning Check the Wiki-You will have friends!
Review your Topic and Subtopics on the Project 10-3B Wiki
Use all your topic information to narrow your searches
Understanding how search engines work and using advanced search techniques
Continue to tag and save to your Diigo
Tuesday, Oct. 5: There's More Than One Way to Spin Your Web
Watch Parisian Love and Cookie Monster Search Stories
for Background/Context on Google Search StoriesYou can make your own Search Story using this Google Search Stories Video Creator
Search Story by Zane T. Rushing - Yay, Zane!
Discussion: If the moral of Zane's search story is not to use too many specific search terms, why are we using so many specific search terms in our Google Alerts? What's the difference between searching for the url of a site you already know exists versus creating a search query for a Google Alert to find new items you haven't discovered yet?
Google Demo #6: Making Information Come to You
Examples/Options for Feed Subscriptions
"Start Page" examples: Pageflakes , Netvibes , iGoogle"Feed Reader" examples: Bloglines, Google Reader
Task #1 - Learn how to subscribe to RSS feeds
Create your own "start page" (such as iGoogle)You are looking for a button that looks like this
Or maybe like this (click to expand)
Practice subscribing to the New York Times Technology section - can you find the RSS button, what do you do next?
Task #2 - Create your Personal Learning Network
This will be an iGoogle (or Netvibes or Pageflakes or Google Reader) page with the following RSS feeds:Flat Classroom Project 10-3B WikiFlat Classroom Ning
In your Google Alerts
- Google Alert(s) for news
- Google Alert(s) for blogs
OtherWednesday Oct. 6th 2010
Start Page
Check your iGoogle page for recent activity - connect and communicateIf you see teammates online, you can use the Chat to communicate synchronously!
Make our RSS feeds more specific
FCP Ning
1.Join the FCP 10-3 Project Group on the Ning
2. Contribute to a discussion anywhere on the Ning, or start a new one
3. Add the following RSS feeds
to your iGoogle page
(use the "Add by URL" option if the Simple RSS Reader gadget isn't working)
Thursday Oct. 7th 2010
1. Sign-in to your igoogle page see what edits or updates have been made to your wiki project page2. See if anyone is available to chat-make everything legit
3. Add to or begin a conversation on your wiki topic discussion page-this should not be slang it should be content driven and oriented. The Ning is for more informal conversations but the wiki discussion page is where the "business" of this project gets done so keep it focused and professional.
Friday Oct. 8th 2010
Research, Read, and Write